Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Butterflies in the Sky

Last year was my first year doing the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  I chose a butterfly block that All I adapted slightly from the Summer 2014 issue of Quilter's World magazine.  Each butterfly is 12 1/2" high and 17" long unfinished.  Over the course of 2016, I made 16 butterflies.  The 9 brightest went into a quilt for my friend's daughter June.
Baby June's quilt
Six more scrappy butterflies went into this project.  I used some blue solid that I had from before I pledge my complete solid allegiance to Kona. The blue seemed like sky, hence the name "butterflies in the sky," which had the added effect of me singing the Reading Rainbow theme song whenever I worked on it.


I used my wavy line stitch in horizontal rows to make it look like the butterflies are in flight.

This will go to my local Project Linus chapter.  One of the organizations they donate to is Butterfly House, a child advocacy center in a nearby county. They especially like blankets with butterflies, so I suspect this will go there.

I took these photos last weekend and it was really windy. When my son saw the quilt blowing, he grabbed the corner to make it stay still.
I bet you didn't know Superman is also a fire fighter!
I have one butterfly left and it was the first one I made.  It will become a mini for my wall of mini quilts in my office.  It's the one with Darth Vader in it, which makes me incredible happy.

Finishing Butterflies in the Sky was goal # 17 on my list of Q1 goals in the globally hosted finish along.

10 comments:

  1. Congrats! on finishing TWO of your RSC quilts. They both turned out beautifully!! LOVE that little super hero that you had helping with the photo shoot, too!

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  2. Beautiful butterflies - and oh, what a darling helper you have!

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  3. You quilt is beautiful and your son truly saved the day! Too precious!

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  4. All of your butterflies look beautiful, they look so different in your different quilts.

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  5. Your butterfly quilts are both beautiful! I love the idea of keeping one last block for a mini for yourself, espcially one with Darth Vader in it. Fun!

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  6. I love your butterfly blocks & quilts, congratulations. Very cute superman, fireman, helper!

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  7. Lovely butterflies and wonderful uses for these fabrics. The Darth Vader butterfly; new species has arrived. :-) So glad to meet someone else who sings while quilting. Thanks for linking with Kaleidoscope of Butterflies.

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  8. Great use of scraps throughout last year Emily and a great finish. Well done on a FAL finish!!

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  9. Way to go, Emily! Awesome butterfly quilt for a cause! I'm thinking this will be my one and only Darth Vader Butterfly sighting. Don't those unexpected little snippets in quilts make you smile?

    Love the Superman Fireman. Nice to see kids outside without devices in their hands!!

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  10. Such a beautiful butterfly quilt Emily! Well done on your Q1 finish. Jxo

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